Questões sobre Vocabulário

The alternative that brings the best synonym to the bold underline idiom in the passage “Knoedler ended up losing money that year and in 2010” is

• A.

  turned out

• B.

  ran along

• C.

  ran in

• D.

  turned upon

• E.

  got down to

Answer questions 26 – 28 according to the text:

“Once upon a time in a small town in the south of a tropical country, there was a little girl called Amanda. She lived in a very quiet and peaceful neighborhood. Amanda was the naughtiest girl in this neighborhood. She had a younger brother. His name was Arthur. He was as naughty as _____. They loved to do everything together. Their mother, Jill, used to call them lightning and thunder. One day, Jill looked at herself on the glass of the fish tank and noticed it was filthy. A couple of hours later, on the very same day, Amanda and Arthur took their toothbrushes and carefully cleaned all the fishes in the fish tank. Despite Amanda and her brother’s good will, they were grounded for a month.”

Which pronoun below is the missing word in the text:

• A.

  she.

• B.

  herself.

• C.

  her.

• D.

  hers.

Choose the appropriate connectors to complete this sentence: “______ you are so excited about it, I won't persuade you to give up. ______ do check with the agent before you buy it.”

• A.

  Because of / so.

• B.

  If / in order to.

• C.

  As / however.

• D.

  Unless / though.

Complete the sentences with the correct words respectively: “___ apple a day keeps ___ doctor away. So I’m going to eat ___ green apple over here because it looks tastier than ___ red apples up there on the shelf.”

• A.

  An / the / this / those.

• B.

  A / an / the / a.

• C.

  This / an / an / these.

• D.

  A / the / that / these.

Choose the correct prepositions to fill these blanks respectively:

 “Don’t argue _____ your father _____ that topic. You depend _____ him”.

• A.

  to / of / on.

• B.

  with / about / on.

• C.

  with / about / of.

• D.

  to / about / of.

Judge the following items according to the text.

The word “tangle” (l.8) can be correctly replaced by line.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to the text.

“Nor” (l.10) means not either.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The in-black word, in the 5th line of text III – assert, indicate:

• A.

  Acertar;

• B.

  Dissertar;

• C.

  Discorrer;

• D.

  Afirmar;

• E.

  None of the answers.

The word “costumes”, in text IV, indicates:

• A.

  Costume

• B.

  Cultura;

• C.

  Fantasia;

• D.

  Aranha;

• E.

  None of the answers.

Based on the meanings of the words in Text I,

• A. major (line 22) and main express opposite ideas.
• B. headquarters (line 40) could be substituted by main office.
• C. smart (line 51) and intelligent are antonyms.
• D. enhance (line 66) and reduce express similar ideas.
• E. prospective (line 84) and former are synonyms.